Sargent: Senate Republicans will mount a new push this fall for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, just when the war heats up over whether to extend the tax cuts for the rich. The...
Author - Bob Cesca
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Gerry Rafferty - "Baker Street"
Summer Fundraiser – Last Day
It's your last chance to contribute to this year's summer fundraiser as we plow deeper into the Muy Caliente Summer of 2010. A million thank yous to everyone who's participated so far -- I'm honored...
Suck It, Republicans
It turns out the government response to the recession actually helped to reduce the budget deficit compared with what it would have been had we done nothing. Via Yglesias: Of course you won't hear...
Doy.
I don't usually single out noncombatants, but this letter to the editor regarding evolution is unbelievably idiotic. He considers evolution a science that should be taught because evolution is...
Where's All the Oil?
It's vanished! Dave Martin, The Associated Press - Workers clean up tar balls on Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Sunday amid sunbathers. Wait. I thought it was RUNNOFT.
More Like This, Please
The man on the right is the hero of the day. Via Digby.
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Yes - "Turn of the Century" (Live at Tsongas Arena, 2004)
Crazy Quote of the Day
“The Arizona immigration law is there, there’s no reason to be raising an issue of gay rights [as a wedge issue]." Rep. Peter King And there you go. A Republican admitting to deliberately attacking a...
BP Disperses Cleanup Workers
The oil has either vanished like magic or turned into delicious and delightful sweet tea, with the dispersants mixed in like yummy sugar. So BP has dispersed 10,000 cleanup workers. Mac McClelland:...
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MST3K Saturday - "Eegah!"
The Most Ridiculous Trailer of the Summer
Here's the latest feature-length bit of wingnut docu-fiction. First, is there any actual reporting or content in this thing? As near as I can tell, it's just a series of heads repeating the same...
Summer Fundraiser – Day Four!
It's the Fridee Happy Hour, and day four of our big summertime fundraiser. Your support will go a long way towards helping us fight the wingnut conspirators who are trying to block our content on...
A Wise Man
Robert Reich (who I hope will forgive me for pull-quoting so much of this): The Republican base is part of a conservative movement. The Democratic base, by contrast, is a loose coalition that elects...
President Obama Target Practice
Extremist Carnies! The U.S. Secret Service spoke with Goodtime Amusements owner Irvin L. Good Jr. concerning a carnival game inviting patrons to shoot darts at a likeness of President Barack Obama...
Piss Off, Wingnuts
The "ground zero mosque" story is pretty much a thing of the past at this point, but it's worth mentioning that there were Muslim prayer ceremonies INSIDE the Pentagon after 9/11. You know, the...
Krugman Debunks Paul Ryan's Dopey Plan
Via Digby, Paul Krugman's latest column entirely dismembers and debunks Paul Ryan's Republican plan for the economy and the deficit -- as well as the villager meme that Ryan is somehow a fiscal...
The Bob and Elvis Show – August 5, 2010
This week! We talk about Bob's appearances on MSNBC, Prop 8 overturned, Republicans and the 14th Amendment, Glenn Beck is the Church Lady, and Sharron Angle's stimulus monkeys. Brought to you by...
Deficit Chickens
I'm sure you recall how Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson demagogued the price tag of the healthcare reform bill and how they both claim to be deficit hawks -- fiscal conservatives who want nothing more...
Wingnut Plot to Bury Liberal Blogs on Digg
A wingnut Yahoo Group called "Digg Patriots" has been evidently "burying" certain liberal blogs on the social media site Digg. On the site, you can either "digg" or "bury" a new entry, and these...